Sunday, January 31, 2010
Study Tip – Learn a New Word Every Day!
Cambridge Dictionary
*The Cambridge Dictionary is a British dictionary, but it lists both the British and American pronunciaton and spelling. Every day there is a new ‘word of the day’:
http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/wordoftheday.asp
Each ‘word of the day’ is followed by the word used in a sentence.
If you are on twitter, they tweet the word of the day:
http://twitter.com/CambridgeWords
Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary:
*Merriam-Webster is an American dictionary, but it lists both American and British pronunciation. Every day there is a new ‘word of the day’:
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/lwod.php
(If you click on the red speaker icon, you can hear someone say the word.)
The Merriam-Webster Lexicographer also has a twitter profile. He often tweets the most looked-up words of the day:
http://twitter.com/PeterSokolowski
The Word Guy
*On twitter, this person often tweets groups of related words with their definition and etymology (the origin of the word):
2 comments:
raafat said…
hi,I would like tell to you a small things for learning English every day i’m lisitening english mini story that’s vrey great idea for study english and also can understand gramar but I would like fell improvment much faster i like studt english by audio only I hat text books. i’m study english five years in the scool but i can’t speak fluntly now only 3 monthes I fell better but i need help me to improvement vocabulary from where can get them . i’m very very thank’s see you lather
Teacher Melanie said…
Hi, Raafat!
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. Learning English takes a lot of time, patience & effort! It’s not easy, but you are doing the right thing!
Keep up the good work,
Melanie
= )
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